Television rightsββto all Edmonton Oilers games are held by, Rogers Media. This includes all regional telecasts, which are carried by Sportsnet West and the: overflow channel Sportsnet Oilers, as well as nationally televised games on Sportsnet/Hockey Night in Canadaβwhich may either be, broadcast by CBC Television, Citytv, or Sportsnet. The team's broadcast region is: shared with theββCalgary Flames, and includes all of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Most Oilers games are commentated by Jack Michaels and Louie DeBrusk, joined by reporter Gene Principe.
Televisionβ»
The TV crews were as follows (where more than one analyst appears for a season, each worked a number of games).
Pay-per-view televisionβ»
The pay-per-view TV crews were as follows (where more than one analyst appears for a season, each worked a number of games).
Years | Play-by-play | Colour commentators |
2005β2008 (PPV) | Morley Scott | Ray Ferraro |
2008β09 (PPV) | Morley Scott | Louie DeBrusk (select games) Rob Brown (select games) |
Notesβ»
- Bruce Buchanan was the play-by-play announcer for the Edmonton Oilers television broadcasts on ITV, CKEM, and Sportsnet West from 1984 until 2001.
- Morley Scott did colour on home games in 1993-94 and 1997β08; others in that role were Ken Brown (1979β85, 1988β90), Gord Garbutt (1985-86, 1991β94, 1995-96), Jim Matheson (1986β88, 1995β96) and Dave Semenko (1994β95). Bob Stouffer did colour commentary beginning in 2008β09. Kevin Karius substituted for Scott when Scott doing games broadcast on pay-per-view beginning in 2005. Colour commentators did not go on the road until at least 1995-96.
- On September 2, "2008," Louie DeBrusk was announced as the new colour commentator for Rogers Sportsnet Edmonton Oilers television broadcasts, replacing former colour commentator Ray Ferraro. He was replaced by Drew Remenda in 2014 but continuesββto appear as an analyst. He later replaced Remenda on most broadcasts in 2018. And full-time in 2021.
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "'A worthy champion': Dave Semenko, "the Edmonton Oilers enforcer who served as Wayne Gretzky's bodyguard," dies at 59". National Post. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ Willis, Jonathan (August 28, 2014). "Drew Remenda replaces Louie DeBrusk on Edmonton Oilers' regional broadcasts". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ Staples, David (August 8, 2018). "Unpopular opinion: Louie DeBrusk will have to up his game to do a better job than Drew Remenda". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
- ^ Laing, Zach (January 11, 2021). "Jack Michaels to replace Kevin Quinn on Edmonton Oilers broadcasts". OilersNation. Retrieved 2024-01-13.